New Ideas on Clearing Land Mines?

LaoK asks: "Afghanistan's millions of land mines continue to pose a threat to civilians, and a potential hazard for international forces mobilizing to strike the terrorist suspects and their Taliban protectors. After reading the recent comments brainstorming the idea of hydrogen fuel for jetliners, a discussion of practical (and hopefully inexpensive) ideas for clearing mines seems like another good topic for this technically-minded gathering. One of the most useful things the international community can do to aid the Afghan people in a post-Taliban era is to finish cleaning up this mess." Such techniques would find ready use all over the world. Has anyone heard of safer techniques in mine removal, or is it still a large and dangerous guessing game?

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Cowboy Neal

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It just occurred to me that a few suggestions on how to clear land mines could be the choices for the next Slashdot poll. I vote for the cowpoke. If he was involved in trying to fix Slashdot's server problems a while back, he already knows how to navigate a minefield.

On second thought, maybe the last choice in the list should be Anne Tomlinson.